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stay with us. we have much more still ahead. your weather and traffic and top stories as fox 5 morning news at 4:30 begins now. >>> there is a live look at our nation's capital on this wednesday morning, september 29, 2010. a little cool out there this morning. you might even say a little bit nippy in light of the temperature that we had this time yesterday morning. at least we get a bit of a break from the rain. not for long. >> no, be back later on this afternoon and tonight. >> with a vengeance apparently. >> yeah. right now, it is nice and comfortable out there. >> it is a little nippy, isn't it in. >> yeah, it feels good. we'll be looking at cloud cover moving in during the next several hours. let's go to max 2 and can you see the cloud cover moving in from the south and the southeast and the rain showers not too far way. increasing chance for rain around here. i think most of it will hold off until this afternoon. the main event arrives later tonight and during the daytime hours tomorrow. we'
stay with us. we have much more still ahead. your weather and traffic and top stories as fox 5 morning news at 4:30 begins now. >>> there is a live look at our nation's capital on this wednesday morning, september 29, 2010. a little cool out there this morning. you might even say a little bit nippy in light of the temperature that we had this time yesterday morning. at least we get a bit of a break from the rain. not for long. >> no, be back later on this afternoon and tonight....
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some of us got it yesterday. many of us didn't. not a whole lot the next couple of days. 94 tomorrow. that would tie a record if we hit that. now, let's do some on-time traffic and julie wright. >> not looking so bad right now out on the roads. you will find lanes are open if you are traveling the top stretch of the beltway leaving college park headed over towards 270. in virginia, 395 at speed leaving the beltway trying to get past duke street and head out to the 14th street bridge. overnight roadwork in ices on out near the hot lane work has cleared. no trouble spots to report ads you travel south of mva and continue out towards rockville. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. sit so what does this man look like he is selling -- or doing. taking a survey possibly. howard county place say the man you just saw in a shirt and tie is called the preppy burglar. he was up to no good when he knocked on that door. fox 5's wisdom martin has more on the crime caught on camera. >> i came from work and was going inside and saw the ba
some of us got it yesterday. many of us didn't. not a whole lot the next couple of days. 94 tomorrow. that would tie a record if we hit that. now, let's do some on-time traffic and julie wright. >> not looking so bad right now out on the roads. you will find lanes are open if you are traveling the top stretch of the beltway leaving college park headed over towards 270. in virginia, 395 at speed leaving the beltway trying to get past duke street and head out to the 14th street bridge....
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thank you for joining us early. tucker is in now to tell us about this weather that we're dealing with. yesterday, we had quite a bit of heavy rain. i came in 67 miles from west into the district and ran into just a few showers. >> well, we have more on the way. yesterday, we had tornado warnings. we had some problems across some of the area. others did not have any problems. some extremely heavy rain pushing up through front royal, cull pep eric leesburg, reston, you are right on the edge of it. you get the idea there, moving from south to red. you see the dark yellows and reds. we have a flash flood watch in effect for locally heavy rain until 8:00. humidity, 87%. feels very tropical out there. area of low pressure will pass to our west today and our conditions will improve as we have a frontal system through here. early rain, afternoon sun. some sun by newport and more sun by late this afternoon. highs in the low 80s. so temperature-wise, we will be nice. should be a gradual improvement. >> thank you. julie wrigh
thank you for joining us early. tucker is in now to tell us about this weather that we're dealing with. yesterday, we had quite a bit of heavy rain. i came in 67 miles from west into the district and ran into just a few showers. >> well, we have more on the way. yesterday, we had tornado warnings. we had some problems across some of the area. others did not have any problems. some extremely heavy rain pushing up through front royal, cull pep eric leesburg, reston, you are right on the...
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fox 5's will thomas tacks us to frederick, maryland for this one. -- takes us to frederick, maryland for this one. >> reporter: urbana public library. a thousand people a day pass through here but it is what a collection supervisor discovered outside in the book drop friday that prompted frederick county official to spring into action. >> we were especially fortunate because our circulation supervisor would was doing that task used to work in the hospitality industry so she was trainedded and looking for exactly this kind of bug. >> reporter: elizabeth cromwell is the community relations manager for frederick county libraries. bed bugs discovered in books? that is a first. >> i've been here eight years. i've never heard of. this my director has never heard of this either. >> reporter: this is about one of a half dozen bed bugs collected from one of the children's books in the drop on heat advisory bin. those books are now sitting in the back of this truck baking. once the temperature reaches # 20 degrees it kills any remaining bugs. >> i think it is disgusting and i hope that they do
fox 5's will thomas tacks us to frederick, maryland for this one. -- takes us to frederick, maryland for this one. >> reporter: urbana public library. a thousand people a day pass through here but it is what a collection supervisor discovered outside in the book drop friday that prompted frederick county official to spring into action. >> we were especially fortunate because our circulation supervisor would was doing that task used to work in the hospitality industry so she was...
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it cools us down for the weekend. 82 on saturday. we could have clouds and showers around, at least the possibility on sunday with highs only in the mid-70s so much cool are air by the end of the weekend. that is a look at the forecast. let's do some on-time traffic and you know what that means. >> not looking so bad right now. lanes are open as you work your way around from colesville road head around towards 270. southbound 95 in great shape leaving laurel down towards the beltway. no trouble spots to report on 270. looking at the camera, still at speed leaving 109 continuing down into germantown. traffic volume running smoothly in each direction out on 66 as you travel between manassas and the beltway. live shot of 395 leaving duke street headed out to the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> president obama's top economic advisor plans to leave the administration at the end of the year. the white house says lauren summers will step down from his post as director of the national econo
it cools us down for the weekend. 82 on saturday. we could have clouds and showers around, at least the possibility on sunday with highs only in the mid-70s so much cool are air by the end of the weekend. that is a look at the forecast. let's do some on-time traffic and you know what that means. >> not looking so bad right now. lanes are open as you work your way around from colesville road head around towards 270. southbound 95 in great shape leaving laurel down towards the beltway. no...
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fox 5's stacy cohan joins us live in district heights with more on this one. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is just an incredible accident and it did cost three lives. we are on marlboro pike right at penn crossing drive between here and oakwood lane where the road is shut down for the accident ads the investigation continues. it happened just after midnight. he have we have some video to give you some idea of how severe this was. an ambulance had just left the fire station on the way to a call when an suv, a large gmc suburban, came speed ago long going the wrong way on the road according to a police report. the ambulance sweived to try to avoid a crash. the suv sideswiped the ambulance and the suv went straight into a brick wall, hit a utility pole, flipped over on its roof. all three occupants of that suv, all three males, were pronounced dead on the scene. the folks in the ambulance, the two fire ems workers were transported to a local hospital. fortunately, they apparently are going to be just fine. the entire side of that ambulance was sha
fox 5's stacy cohan joins us live in district heights with more on this one. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is just an incredible accident and it did cost three lives. we are on marlboro pike right at penn crossing drive between here and oakwood lane where the road is shut down for the accident ads the investigation continues. it happened just after midnight. he have we have some video to give you some idea of how severe this was. an ambulance had just left the fire station...
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the cold front will not bring us rain but it will bring us cooler temperatures. the day time highs this weekend as we get into saturday, mid- 80s and by sunday, only the 70s. our forecast, not a great one although no terrible either. it will be dry. lots of sunshine, hot and humid. record heat likely. our record for the day is 94 degrees. our forecast high, 95. that record was set in 1970. for those of you who remember that day in 1970. if you got outdoor plans tonight, should be just fine. the five-day forecast featuring lots of clouds on sunday and cooler temperatures. sundays, monday, tuesday, we'll get unsettled with a good chance of needed rain around here towards the end of the weekend. >> all right. sounds good. thank you. let's check in with julie wright now with the latest on the traffic. a little bit of fog to deal with. >> oh, so you did hear that that. >> i did hear that. but then there was about 10 seconds of my life that i tonight know where i went. sometimes that happens when tucker talks. >> sometimes that happens on a friday night. foggy conditio
the cold front will not bring us rain but it will bring us cooler temperatures. the day time highs this weekend as we get into saturday, mid- 80s and by sunday, only the 70s. our forecast, not a great one although no terrible either. it will be dry. lots of sunshine, hot and humid. record heat likely. our record for the day is 94 degrees. our forecast high, 95. that record was set in 1970. for those of you who remember that day in 1970. if you got outdoor plans tonight, should be just fine. the...